00:00I think the president wanted to punctuate freedom of navigation in the strait.
00:05I had a call with the Omani ambassador this morning,
00:08and he assured me that there were no plans for tolling the strait.
00:13As he said, our countries have had 200 years of good relations.
00:16He wants to have another 200 more.
00:18And I told him that this was a non-starter,
00:22and he did not want to risk either the Omani individuals
00:26or Omani financial institutions getting sanctioned.
00:30President Trump said Oman will behave just like everybody else
00:34for we will have to blow them up.
00:37Are you guys back there in the West Wing making plans for a new war with Oman?
00:42Again, I think the president wanted to punctuate freedom of navigation in the strait.
00:48I had a call with the Omani ambassador this morning,
00:51and he assured me that there were no plans for tolling the strait.
00:55As he said, our countries have had 200 years of good relations.
00:59He wants to have another 200 more.
01:01And I told him that this was a non-starter,
01:05and he did not want to risk either the Omani individuals
01:09or Omani financial institutions getting sanctioned.
01:13Dr. Buckley.
01:16Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
01:17Is it in the U.S. interest to waive some sanctions on Iran
01:21or to unfreeze some of their assets before Iran has made concrete promises
01:27about getting rid of their nuclear program?
01:30Again, I'm not going to preview the deal,
01:32but I would think that things would go very slowly in terms of that.
01:39So we'll see.
01:43Just to follow up on that,
01:44because it's our understanding that the U.S. has committed to discussing
01:47the matter of sanctions relief during this negotiation period.
01:50So just to be clear, is sanctions relief for Iran on the table?
01:54Again, it is a multifaceted agreement,
01:57and nothing is going to be on the table
02:01until we see the Strait of Ramos open
02:03and the Iranians agree that they have to turn over
02:09the highly enriched uranium
02:11and that they can't have a nuclear program.
02:14And to be clear here,
02:17that this administration, President Trump,
02:19has done something that no other administration is able to do.
02:22We have gotten the Iranians to talk about their nuclear program
02:26and to perhaps commit to not having one.
02:29That has never happened before.
02:30It had been off the table.
02:32So I think when you look at the results of the kinetic action
02:35of our economic pressure,
02:37it has worked to bring them to the table
02:39and have a discussion on this.
02:40Mr. Secretary, I just want to follow up.
02:44You said that the teams have been going back and forth,
02:47but can you confirm whether or not a tentative agreement
02:50has been reached in these negotiations with Iran?
02:53Mr. Secretary, again, everything depends on
02:55what the president wants to do,
02:58and President Trump is not going to make a bad deal
03:00for the American people, for the U.S.,
03:04and he was very clear at the Cabinet meeting
03:06on yesterday what he wants.
03:10Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, Secretary.
03:13Secretary, Secretary, Secretary, Secretary.
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